From the Washington Times on June 8: “With an electorate totally disenchanted with the two major parties’ offerings, Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson has a unique chance to make a splash this year — and he’s determined to do things differently than in his 2012 campaign. “Gone are the low-yield interviews with ‘internet radio’ […]
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Gary Johnson and Bill Weld to appear on CBS Late Show Thursday
Libertarian Party 2016 presidential and vice-presidential nominees Gary Johnson and Bill Weld will appear on the “Late Show” with Stephen Colbert on CBS television, Thursday evening, June 9 at 11:30 ET. Click here for more information.
Indiana GOP county chair steps down to join Libertarians
John Pickerill From WTHR-TV in Indiana: “Montgomery County Republicans will have to look for a new party chairman. “John Pickerill stepped down from his position Thursday to join the Libertarian Party. “You have conservatives like myself saying, ‘I don’t see the Republican Party representing me anymore,’ he told a small news conference of some 15 […]
Stossel: No, not Trump or Clinton. Voters really do have another choice
John Stossel had an opinion piece on Fox News on June 8: “Finally! Voters have another choice. The Libertarian Party nominated two socially tolerant but fiscally conservative former governors, Gary Johnson and Bill Weld…. “Do Libertarians have a chance? Early polls show Johnson getting 10 percent of the vote, even though most Americans don’t know […]
West Virginia Libertarian city council member elected Mayor
Joel Davis Joel Davis, a member of the Paden City Council in West Virginia, was elected Mayor on June 2. Mr. Davis received over 70 percent of the votes, with 225 votes to his competitor’s 96. The seat carries a term of two years. “Councilman Joel Davis’s election as Mayor of Paden City (W.V.) shows […]
Bernie Sanders supporters have a choice: Libertarian Johnson advocates civil liberties, peace, ending cronyism
Bernie Sanders supporters who reject the offensive, dangerous rhetoric of Republican Donald Trump and the militarism and corporate ties of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, have another choice. Two-term New Mexico governor Gary Johnson is the Libertarian nominee for president, who, along with Trump and Clinton, is expected to be on the ballot this […]
Bernie Sanders supporters have a choice: Libertarian Johnson advocates civil liberties, peace, ending cronyism
For Immediate Release Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Bernie Sanders supporters who reject the offensive, dangerous rhetoric of Republican Donald Trump and the militarism and corporateties of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, have another choice. Gov. Gary Johnson, Libertarian presidential nominee Two-term New Mexico governor Gary Johnson is the Libertarian nominee for president, who, along […]
Fox News: Gary Johnson on immigration, domestic and foreign policy
Libertarian Party Presidential nominee Gary Johnson was interviewed on Fox News on June 6, particularly on the issues of immigration, and domestic and foreign policy. Click here to watch the interview.
Newsweek: There is a third way and it’s called Libertarianism
Jeffrey Tucker had the following opinion piece published in Newsweek on June 4: “Last weekend I attended an historic event, the nominating convention of the Libertarian Party. (I spoke but was not a delegate and declared no support for any particular candidate.) “It was a thrilling, raucous, contentius, fun, serious and, ultimately, an ebullient event […]
Reason TV: Libertarian Party Chair Sarwark on the LP’s plan for 2016
Reason TV’s Matt Welch interviewed LNC Chair Nicholas Sarwark on May 31. “Our vote totals and our vote floors keep rising across the country,” says Sarwark. “We are in it for the long term; we are in it to win. It may take two years, four years, 20 years, but we are not going away. […]
Reason: National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark on the Libertarian Party’s Plan for 2016
Matt Welch of Reason Magazine interviewed LNC chair Nicholas Sarwark on May 31. Click here to watch the interview.
Washington Post: The Libertarian Party: So hot right now
From the Washington Post on June 4: “Summer is here, and the season’s hottest trend is . . . Libertarians! “Largely ignored by the mainstream media for most of the presidential campaign, Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson is suddenly racking up headlines in The Washington Post and New York Times and on CNN and NPR. […]